I received a call today from a guy named Cameron who lost his platinum wedding band while gardening in above ground planters. I put my small coil on the CTX and found the ring in around 15 minutes. 
Sometimes the slightly odd request comes along!
I had a call from a chap who was slightly embarrassed, but asked if I could search for his lost denture? I said as long as there was some metal, I could probably detect it.
He said he lost it while talking to his friend from his apartment window, and out it flew!…..this I found amusing and had to apologise for laughing a bit.
We agreed a time, and I set off.
I arrived and was greeted by the chap, there was a distinct gap in his smile, but not a very big gap. So this was quite a small denture I was looking for, with probably not much metal for a good signal.
I chose my smallest high frequency coil, which was necessary, as said denture had been lost in a dense bush.
This was quite a challenging search, as it was also a very trashy location, lots of bottle tops, drainage and other utilities in close proximity, but with a de-tuned , this made things a little easier.
Thankfully after about 45 minutes, and not a bad signal the denture was re united with its very happy owner!
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Kasey was enjoying a day at the beach in Wildwood Crest, NJ, surrounded by her family and friends. She had placed her precious wedding band in a pouch within her beach bag, but as she reached in for something else, the ring accidentally slipped out and fell onto the sand.
Erin reached out to me for help. I met them just 30 minutes later. I quickly set up a grid pattern and began a meticulous search with my metal detector. After a few passes, my detector beeped, signaling that I had found something. And to everyone’s delight, it was Kasey’s ring! Overjoyed, Kasey was able to reunite with her treasured wedding band. The rest of their vacation in Wildwood Crest, NJ, could be enjoyed!
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Haley & Wesley decided to play along the Bogue Inlet Pier shoreline with their babies. Before heading for the water, Haley gave her wedding set to her Mimi to hold until they returned. Mimi placed them on her finger. When Haley returned, Mimi stood up to return the rings. It was then she realized Haley’s wedding band was missing.
A plea was made on a popular social media group asking for someone with a metal detector to help. I was quickly alerted to the lost ring and made contact as soon as possible. I loaded up and made my way to the pier parking lot. After a rough walk through soft sand and the heat, I met Wesley who didn’t leave the spot of the lost ring. I started my search from the inside then picked started to grid back when I received a 43 VDI (Video Discrimination Indicator) number on my Deus II metal detector. I told them this looks promising just before bending down and pulling Haley’s missing ring from it’s hiding spot under the sand.
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We enjoyed a fun night at Raymond James last night with the family at the Morgan Wallen concert. The traffic was predictably terrible on the way out and it was after midnight when we finally arrived home.
I checked my phone before bed and noticed multiple missed calls and a text saying a ring was lost. The location was back at the stadium where another concert attendee had lost her engagement ring after the concert.
Because of the time and location, I felt the ring wouldn’t have been found by anyone else and it would be best to meet in the morning to search with the help of daylight and rested eyes. We arranged a 7:00am meeting at the loss location. Timing was urgent due to the couple needing to catch a flight home home in the afternoon the next day.
In the morning, I met with the Erika and her fiancée, who hadn’t gotten much sleep. They explained the ring had flown off her hand, hit a tree branch and fell somewhere in the grass between the parking lot and sidewalk. It was obvious the grassy area had been extensively searched by hand by a group of people the night prior.
I got to work below the tree branch and located the ring in less than five minutes. It was exactly where they said it would be, but below the grass line into the soft dirt. The ring had been stepped on during the previous search! It was undamaged, but it was dirty and pushed well below the grass. It was not visible to the naked eye.
I’m thankful Erika quickly reached out to the ring finders and to Mike McInroe, who referred her to me to assist with this recovery!
Ring recovered on May 21, 2024. This recovery was another that wouldn’t have been possible without the teamwork of ring finder Steve Thomas and another mutual friend, Scott Carlson who helped with my first recovery at Honeymoon Island.
Mitch lost his gold wedding ring while paddle-boarding between the jetties at Honeymoon Island. Mitch had seen it happen in slow motion. He changed hands on the paddle and his ring popped of his finger, dropped to the board and rolled off into the water. He helplessly watched it disappear into the water below.
Mitch had done something amazing – he dropped a pin on Google maps, which had nearly the exact location where he had dropped the ring into the water. He had contacted Steve Thomas, who was out of town at the time and was referred over to me and Scott for assistance.
Scott had spent a few hours looking for the ring in the late afternoon a day or two prior, but didn’t have luck in locating it. I followed up the next day, using that location as my guide. I got there as close to low tide as possible to get out as far as I could detect.
On may way out into the water, a group of children asked what I was doing with my equipment. I told them I was trying to find a ring somewhere in the water and they wished me luck.
I started zig-zagging the area I felt the ring was most likely to be and there were very few targets out that far. When I hit a loud signal, I couldn’t see the display on my detector as it was completely submerged under water, but I had a good feeling. It took 2-3 scoops and the ring appeared in my scoop!
On the way back to the beach, I showed the children the ring and they cheered for me for finding it! It was the first time I had a cheering section for one of my recoveries!
I got back in touch with Steve and Scott to let them know I located the ring. They passed along Mitch’s contact info and he promptly met me at the beach to receive his missing ring.
Item recovered on July 4th, 2023
I began metal detecting around the time of the pandemic as a way to get out of the house for some exercise. I wasn’t a ring finder – I didn’t even know there was such a thing!
After getting through the learning curve – finding lots of trash, to identifying coins, then targeting jewelry and really learning my machine, I stumbled upon a post on Craigslist at the beginning of June, 2023. A post that another metal detectorist made on behalf of the gentleman, Jacques, who had lost his ring.
I felt this would be a good challenge – like a scavenger hunt with a metal detector and a chance to test my skill! I reached out to the person who made the post, who shared additional details with me and I was off on the hunt.
Jacques was an older gent who lost his ring in the water at Honeymoon Island on day 1 of his vacation. He spent the rest of his time trying to find his lost custom-made wedding ring, even renting a metal detector himself. He had seen another person metal detecting there the day the ring was lost and others had tried to find it, with no luck. Hope seemed to be running out that the ring was either found by someone or claimed by the sea forever.
I searched for this ring on 3 separate occasions, twice in June and finally found it on July 4th, 2023. It was a perfect day for metal detecting – beautiful weather and calm water. Jacques’ ring was the very first target I hit that day, but I didn’t recognize it as the one due to the photo that was provided and the condition of the ring from being in the water for over a month.
After I got home and cleaned up the ring, I consulted with some local friends – people with much more experience than I had and we determined it indeed was the ring Jacques had lost!
What came next would drastically change my metal detecting « hobby » to one of helping people recover lost items as a ring finder: the phone call to Jacques to let him know his ring had been found.
Words cannot described how happy Jacques was to hear the news after giving up hope his ring was lost forever! I had the ring packaged and overnighted to Jacques and he confirmed receiving it the next day.
I joined the ring finders group a few months later and truly enjoy helping reunite people with their lost items! I hope to be able to continue doing this as long as I am able.
Rhonda’s husband gave me a call stating his wife was doing yard work and working with plants in their backyard when she later noticed her diamond and gold ring was missing. They tried to retrace her steps and even dumped out some potting soil and searched around the garden hose she used to clean up. I made plans to travel North and agreed to meet Rhonda’s husband shortly after he arrived home. I pulled into the driveway at 5:00pm and was given the short story of where to search. I asked the common questions such as… was she wearing gloves? Did she throw anything away… While her husband started to search the garbage, I made a few sweeps in the backyard. There wasn’t any long grass near the house and a few metal objects I tried to avoid. The backyard did have many metal targets but, using my pinpointer, I confirmed they were not laying above ground in the grass. I was told Rhonda changed the soil in a plastic planter on the back porch and I thought to myself, why not give that a scan too. As I ran the pinpointer up and down the sides of the plant container, I heard a beep and Rhonda’s husband glanced over about the same time I look in his direction. With his permission, I removed the plant from the pot and scanned again to receive an even stronger signal. My hand grabbed some of the soil and when I opened my fingers, Rhonda’s ring was found. This is just another example of thorough detective work and anything is possible.
Katie was spending some rest & relaxation from school with some friends along the Emerald Isle beach. There was a plastic bag they placed jewelry in before swimming. A quick downpour of rain came in and as they scampered to gather their gear and run for cover, 5 of Katie’s rings fell into the sand. Katie was very upset when she phoned her mother to explain what had happed. Her mother contacted me and while Katie and her friends searched for the rings. A few minutes had passed until I received word they were able to find 4 of the 5 rings. The last missing ring was a sentimental gold ring. After a few messages, I started my way to Emerald Isle. Katie lead me to the area of the beach and I switched on my metal detector and went to work. The first target was a small piece of ship copper and the second was Katie’s fifth and final ring.